GOAL: The CryptoRights Foundation is developing HighFire, a communications privacy system based on OpenPGP for use by established Human Rights organizations. By providing a tamper and spoof resistant communications system, CryptoRights working to protect Human Rights workers and those they work to defend. POSITION: Security Software Engineer NEEDED: A major contributor in small team of developers working on a cutting edge secure communications solution for use by Human Rights organizations globally. Technologies include OpenBSD, Linux, PHP, C, GPG, MySQL, IPSec, LDAP, on x86 based Single Board Computers. You would contribute to the architecture, needs analysis, documentation, development, debugging, delivery and maintenance/enhancements of systems and software which comprise the secure communications solution. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Above all, you must be intelligent and motivated to succeed with our mission to help Human Rights organizations. You must also have a solid history of delivering quality software. Experience with SBCs is a plus. In this hand-on role, your responsibilities will include integration of existing open-source packages on an OpenBSD platform and developing all components which are required but not available including key management systems. Further, you will: * Work with the product manager and other engineers both compensated and volunteer to ensure that product requirements are clearly understood, documented and realized in the resulting product. * Identify and address potential scalability, security and usability issues and performance bottlenecks. * Adhere to source control processes and methodologies. Familiarity with CVS version control system. TECHNICAL SKILLS: * OpenBSD Security Auditing and Configuration * PHP component development * C development * Experience integrating front-end code with one or more server-side scripting technologies (e.g., cgi/perl, php, asp, etc.) * Public Key Infrastructure * GPG Key structures * Hand coding HTML * MySQL * Squirrelmail experience a plus PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES: * Self-motivation- Able to identify and communicate to the product manager what needs to be done. * Ability and desire to work as a part of a team with other highly skilled developers. * Ability to manage own work effort. * Ability to mentor other developers and share knowledge effectively. * Ability to work well under pressure. * Excellent organizational and prioritization skills. * Ability to physically attend one to two meetings a week in San Francisco a big plus. COMPENSATION: * This is a paid position. Compensation depends on the level of contribution provided. INTERESTED? E-mail your resume with a letter of interest to highfire-admin@cryptorights.org. NOTE: My apologies if this is off-topic for this list. Given the economy and the number of good people needing work, I ask for your indulgence. ----- End forwarded message -----